5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ORDOS

ORDOS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ordo

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ORDOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORDOS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,831 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

O___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__O_ O in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE STALE PALET CONTE NAICE ANILE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORDOS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,831 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORDOS ranks #9,831 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
301
253
171
124
107
95
76
70
43
39
36
35
33
32
29
29
27
20
17
17
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10
10
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORDOS:

25% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
PALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

24.9% →
LIANE 6.16 bits
12.8% →
STALE 5.71 bits
10.7% →
PALET 5.26 bits
7.3% →
CONTE 5.16 bits
5.3% →
NAICE 4.95 bits
4.5% →
ANILE 5.42 bits
4.0% →
STRAE 4.75 bits
3.2% →
TARRE 4.27 bits
3.0% →
SHITE 4.42 bits
1.8% →
DAINE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for ORDOS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

O1R1D2O1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.